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Monday Morning Message 5.23.22 Changing of the Guard
“When one door closes, another door opens.” – Helen Keller
"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." –Fred Rogers
“ …your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.” – Bob Dylan
Now that the spring 2022 semester has been completed, I want to thank all the members of our extraordinary faculty for their dedication to our mission.
Learn Law. Live Justice. Through their tireless service to our law school, to the university, and to the community, they also serve as role models for our students.
Monday Morning Message 5.16.22 Our Most Resilient Class.
“ The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law logo says this: Learn Law. Live Justice. Learn is an action verb; so is live. They look good on a logo; it is when you embed this vision into your future that you will change the world for the better…..I urge you on this day of new beginnings for you: remember the action verbs in the mantra of this, your soon-to-be alma mater: Learn Law. Live Justice. You don’t need it to be easy. You just need it to be possible.” – CSU President Laura Bloomberg
Monday Morning Message 5.9.22 Two Stories of Opportunity
“Most people miss opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” –Thomas Edison
"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade." - Tom Peters
This morning, I want to share two inspiring stories about seizing opportunities and making improbable dreams come true.
Monday Morning Message 5.2.22 Nothing is Given. Everything is Earned.
“Nothing is given. Everything is earned.” ― LeBron James
“Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.” – Billie Jean King
“As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.” ― Angela Duckworth
Today is the first day of final exams and they continue through May 13.
If our students are looking for inspiration, they need look no further than last Friday’s results from the February 2022 Ohio Bar Exam.
Monday Morning Message 4.25.22 Lifting As We Climb
“ Lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving….. we look forward to a future large with promise and hope. Seeking no favors because of our color, nor patronage because of our needs, we knock at the bar of justice, asking an equal chance." - Mary Church Terrell, suffragist and civil rights activist; author, A Colored Woman in a White World, 1940
Every week I witness the impressive accomplishments of our students not only in the classroom but also outside the classroom through participation in our diverse, outstanding C|M|Law student organizations, publications, and events.
Monday Morning Message 4.11.22 A Face That Looks Like Mine.
“It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. But we’ve made it. We’ve made it. All of us.” – Justice Designate Ketanji Brown Jackson
“ I’m crying happy tears because for the first time, I can look at the highest court in the country — a country I would give my life for — and see a face that looks like mine.” – 2L Stephanie Goggans, A Face That Looks Like Mine, New York Times, April 7, 2022
Monday Morning Message 4.4.22 People Will Never Forget How You Made Them Feel.
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou
“I chose Cleveland-Marshall because I felt the support and dedication to students even before I walked into the building...” – Courtney Parson ‘22
“We study together, laugh together, and lift each other up…” -MaKenna Daus- ‘22
“We help each other and cheer on each other in a way that I think is unique to the school.” - AnnaMaria Jadue ’22
Monday Morning Message 3.28.22 There is Not One Path. There is Only Your Path.
“All law schools have distinctive qualities and characteristics. Cleveland-Marshall's are the connected learning processes that go on throughout your law school years and continue beyond those years, in addition to the faculty and staff's commitment to the details of what it takes for student success.” - Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody J. Stewart ‘88
Monday Morning Message 3.21.22 The Power of Persuasion
“No voice is too soft when that voice speaks for others.”- Janna Cachola
Monday Morning Message 3.14.22 Save the Date! To Kill a Mockingbird
“The welcome gift of To Kill a Mockingbird was a wonderful surprise. The personalized bonus of my name and admitted date with space to add additional milestone dates, truly makes this a special keepsake. ” - Admitted Student
“Thank you for the book and lovely letter. Because of Atticus Finch, at a young age I knew that I wanted to become an attorney and help become a voice for those who need it most.” – Admitted Student
“ Yesterday, I received the copy of To Kill a Mockingbird that you gifted me. Thank you for reminding me why I am so excited to study law.” – Admitted Student